Instead of regular morning announcements by a member of the staff, more than 760 students at Shawano Community High School heard tight end Andrew Quarless read through the day’s important notes. Most importantly, he revealed this year’s prom court.

“It was cool,” remarked Quarless. “Some of those names were hard, though.”

Quarless then invited the students to the gymnasium where they spoke about the importance of respect – for fellow students, staff and community.

Later, during a question-and-answer session, Micah Hyde received an invitation from a student to the aforementioned prom.

“I’ll get back to you,” Hyde said with a laugh.

Across the commons, Mark Murphy, Dave Robinson and Jerry Kramer, spoke with about 30 members of the local Rotary and Optimist Clubs.